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Path to the 2012 Farm Bill: Senate Releases Draft Farm Bill

April 20, 2012

This afternoon the Senate Agriculture Committe released its draft of the 2012 Farm Bill. In the summary of the draft that Chairwoman Stabenow (D-MI) released, she said that the bill achieves $23 billion in savings, which matches the Committee’s proposal for the Super Committee last fall. The Committee is scheduled to mark-up the draft bill on Wednesday, April 25.

[…] hearings over the past couple months, last week Chairwoman Senator Debbie Stabenow released a draft 2012 Farm Bill. The Senate Agriculture committee is set to debate and offer amendments to the legislation in a […]